Talk:Montreal Metro

Automated? Drivers?

I was surprised to read that the Montreal metro uses automated control, because by my recollection the front car always contained a driver. I don't doubt that it's automatic, but why is there a driver when, for instance, the Vancouver SkyTrain has none? — mendel ☎ 02:12, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

These people are called operators — "opérateurs de métro". My understanding is that they oversee the operations, and are there in case of emergency. They also work the doors.There used to be two — one at each end of the train — but the second operator position was eliminated, much to the operators' chagrin. At the termini of the lines, you can watch the manoeuvres as the operators change. That being said, no doubt someone else has more information on their role. — Grstain 15:25, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Trains with no drivers in other cities spend longer periods of time at each station as the train's supervisor (remotely at a control center) must take the time to carefully verify that the doors are clear. An unsupervised automatic system is even slower. Train operators on the Montreal Metro open and close the doors, start the train and supervise the operation of the train. Operators are required in order to maintain the highest levels of train efficiency, quickly opening and closing the doors since trains typically spend no more than 8-15 seconds at each stop. They also drive the train in manual mode if a more aggressive performance is required, such as when a train is running late and the best performance program (called the Strenuous Run Mode) of the automatic train control computer is not sufficient in keeping the train on time. The automatic train control computer itself is fairly intelligent and quite refined in providing a comfortable ride. If you have travelled on the transit systems of other cities, you would find that the Montreal Metro is among the fastest in terms of delivering you to your destination and among the most efficient in rapid transit capacity. — Abbott 15:25, January 13, 2006 (UTC)

Metro History Edit...

I've taken out this sentence: "On September 13, 2006, the Green Line was shut down from Lionel-Groulx to McGill stations because of a shooting at Dawson College, near Atwater station (see Dawson College shooting)."

It has nothing to do on this page, and refers only to the dawson shooting for, at best, a tactless gratuitous reminder. The Metro is regularly shut down on all or some of the lines for various reasons, including maintenance, suicides and terror alerts. Had the shootings occured in the metro, the sentence would have been relevant to its history, just as a terrorist attack would have...

Rolling stock information outdated

It says that the MR-63 is used on the Yellow and Green line, however I am pretty sure the Yellow Line uses only refurbished MR-73 cars, and original MR-73 cars since a long time now (more than a few years). The MR-63 is now only used on the Green Line.

Also, the description for MR-73 says: "The MR-73 is the second generation of high-performance metro cars, identified by rectangular cab headlights, orange interiors (which are gradually being replaced with blue and dark orange interiors, as part of the mid-life refurbishment)". Most of the MR-73 stock are already refurbished; it is now somewhat unlikely so see a car still with the orange interiors.

Proposed interchange stations with the REM

File:REM map.png There are three proposed interchange stations with the future REM. Fr:Métro de Montréal#Projet de métro léger is worth translating. Peter Horn User talk 20:30, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

It is important to mention the REM in the article because that line, even though it is operated by CDPQ Infra, it will link all four of the existing metro lines together. Does anyone agree?J4lambert (talk) 18:50, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Evolution

The diagram File:Metro Montreal Evolution.gif should, I think, be enhanced to show station name changes and the removal of the original line numbers in favor of naming by color. --174.88.168.23 (talk) 21:01, 31 August 2020 (UTC)